The Broadway Community Market starts up again this Saturday, and there is so much to be excited about! Chow down on a breakfast platter from Jillian’s Farmstead kitchen, sip an iced coffee or flavored lemonade from The Teacher’s Bouquet, listen to live music from Psalm 150, enjoy a performance by the Glitterettes, and browse all of the morning’s vendors! There will be baked goods, pastured eggs and meat, jams, pickles, jewelry, art, and so much more. We’ll be set up 8 a.m. until noon, rain or shine.

Here’s a peek at what you can expect at the Fairydiddle Farm booth:

• fish scrubbies (great for dishes or bath time!)
• dish cloths
• skillet handle covers
• fish bowl stuff-and-spill toys
• market bags
• kale (first of the season!)
• aloe plants

It’s a bit early yet for most crops, but they will be trickling in as the season progresses. Radishes are sprouting, the peas are getting taller by the day, and lettuce and green onions should show up on the table in a few weeks too!

I’m also looking forward to summer vegetables, with yellow and red onions (new this year!) and garlic growing beautifully in the garden already. Many other seedlings are staying warm under the grow lights still: slicing cucumbers, cucamelons, bell peppers, jalapenos, slicing tomatoes, paste tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, and sweet potatoes. Mmmm, summer.

In the meantime, come celebrate spring and the beginning of a new market season this Saturday at the Broadway Community Market, 8 a.m. to noon.

See you at the market!

The holiday season is upon us! Kick it off right by shopping local and supporting your community as you prepare for feasting and gifting. The Broadway Community Market is hosting a special Thanksgiving and Holiday Market tomorrow (Nov. 22) from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and we would love to see you there!

So many vendors will be setting up to bring you ingredients and premade food for your Thanksgiving feast. Jillian will be making her famous grilled pimiento cheese sandwiches, and the Sweet Spot dessert truck will have funnel cakes, so you can have lunch while you shop, too. We’ll also have lots of handmade gifts available so you can get started on your holiday shopping. Buy local tomorrow and skip the Black Friday chaos later.

I have been busy crocheting for this special market. Mini stockings were a hit last year, so I’ve crocheted a big pile of them! In addition to the solid red and green stockings, I also made some striped ones. They’re the perfect size for little gifts like gift cards, lip balm, or candy, or even a bit of greenery to decorate with.

I also have cup cozies that fit mugs as well as to-go cups, dish cloths, scrubbies (great for dishes or in the bath), skillet handle covers, market bags, and adorable fish bowl stuff-and-spill toys. The garden is long since done producing, but I still have garlic for your cooking needs as well.

Speaking of the garden, the cover crops are growing beautifully in the new space, and I’ve planted two types of garlic for next year: Polish White, which I’ve been growing for several seasons, and Chesnok Red, an heirloom variety from the Republic of Georgia that I’ve been eager to try. The new herb garden has also been planted, with rosemary, lavender, oregano, lemon balm, and thyme. It’s been a rough year with the drought and moving and everything else, but I’m hopeful for next year and looking forward to seeing how this new garden grows.

See you at the market!

Well, friends, we have finally come to the end of market season. The Broadway Community Market will be open for one last market day tomorrow, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. And we have a new vendor, The North Mountain Confectionary, making their business debut! They will be selling homemade gourmet apples, a perfect sweet treat for the fall season. Come out to show them some love and help make their first day of business a roaring success.

Of course, several of the vendors you have come to know over the summer will be set up as well, offering pasture-raised eggs and meat, herbal salves and balms, ready-made meals for your freezer, handmade items, sustainably grown produce, and more. We are all so grateful for your support throughout the season, and we would love to see you one more time tomorrow. There’s no Community Market without the community!

I did a final harvest in the garden this morning and picked jalapenos, bell peppers, perpetual spinach, and green tomatoes to go on my market table alongside garlic and a variety of practical knitted and crocheted items.

So what can you do with green tomatoes? A lot, it turns out! The dish we all know and love is fried green tomatoes, great for BLTs or just eating hot out of the skillet. A shopper last week told me that she likes to store green tomato slices in a jar of pickle juice in the fridge and use them on sandwiches throughout the winter! Green tomatoes will also take on fruity notes when baked with warm spices, such as in a green tomato pie. You can also try subbing part or all of the apples in your favorite crisp or pie recipe with green tomatoes.

See you at the market!